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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 195

195 .         Representation

        (1)         At any hearing or conference before an arbitrator, a party to the proceeding may appear in person or may be represented by —

            (a)         a legal practitioner; or

            (b)         a registered agent; or

            (c)         if the party is a body corporate, a director, secretary, or other officer of the body corporate; or

            (d)         if the party is a public sector body as defined in section 3(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , a public sector employee authorised by the party to represent the party.

        (2)         In any proceeding an arbitrator may refuse to permit an employer or an insurer to be represented by a legal practitioner or registered agent if a party who is a worker is not represented by a legal practitioner or registered agent.

        (3)         A prohibited person cannot represent a party.

        [(4A)         deleted]

        (4)         An arbitrator may refuse to permit a party to be represented by an agent if of the opinion that the agent does not have sufficient authority to make binding decisions on behalf of the party.

        (5)         The regulations or the arbitration rules may prevent specified persons, or persons of a specified class, from representing a party.

        [Section 195 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130; amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 50 and 76; No. 9 of 2022 s. 414.]



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